2 Kings 23:29–24:7

^29qIn his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went ⁸to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at ^rMegiddo when he ^sconfronted him. ^30tThen his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And ^uthe people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz

^31vJehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was ^wHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³²And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. ³³Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison ^xat Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. ³⁴Then ^yPharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and ^zchanged his name to ^aJehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz ^band went to Egypt, and ⁹he died there.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

³⁵So Jehoiakim gave ^cthe silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money according to the command of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho. ^36dJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. ³⁷And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

Judah Overrun by Enemies

24In ^ahis days Nebuchadnezzar king of ^bBabylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. ^2cAnd the Lord sent against him raiding ¹bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^daccording to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. ³Surely at the commandment of the Lord this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight ^ebecause of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, ^4fand also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.

⁵Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ^6gSo Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

⁷And ^hthe king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for ⁱthe king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.